Senior DevOps Administrator to support MS Dynamics 365 environment and related infrastructure

Our valued clients are seeking a Senior DevOps Administrator to support MS Dynamics 365 environment and related infrastructure

An initial 1 year contract with the possibility of two 6-month extensions. Hybrid work schedule. 1 day a week on site in Toronto or Montreal

Responsibilities:

• Administer our Microsoft Dynamics 365 environments and the related infrastructure (storage accounts, virtual machines, certificates, etc).
• Establish our release management and support process for the Horizon project, which leverages Microsoft Dynamics 365 in collaboration with the Enterprise Application Development and Enterprise Data Management teams. Ensure scalability to other products and projects.
• Monitor our Dynamics 365 and related environments to identify and address issues.
• Reduce complexity, enhance communication and maintain high-quality deployment artifacts through-out the entire software deployment pipeline in collaboration with the Architecture, Development, Operations and Support teams to ensure alignment.
• Implement and expand automated deployment and testing tools to reduce errors, optimize delivery times and improve customer experience.
• Incorporate “Secure by Design” concepts, practices and tools into the software development lifecycle and deployment pipeline.
• Guide creation of reusable automation libraries and APIs.
• Support the creation of architectural diagrams and design specifications to aid automation.
• Establish, streamline and document application platforms and products support processes.
• Develop and monitor metrics to measure the overall progress of the DevOps journey.

Must Have Skills:

• 5+ years experience as a DevOps Administrator with proficiency in MS Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations
• Experience with programming or scripting languages such as .NET, Python, PowerShell, PowerCLI, or JavaScript
• In-depth knowledge of operating systems and system administration, including a solid knowledge of Linux, UNIX and Windows systems and virtualization technologies (VMWare).
• In-depth knowledge of CI/CD (Jenkins, Ansible, Azure DevOps etc).
• Strong experience provisioning, operating, and managing Azure environments
• In-depth knowledge of infrastructure configurations, network protocols, security and performance monitoring.

Nice to Have Skills:

• Bilingual in French and English
• Scrum Certification
• Azure Certification